Padres starting pitcher Dylan Cease was the subject of trade rumors right up until Thursday's deadline expired. He says it didn't bother him and he's happy to still be in San Diego.

If he keeps doing what he did on Sunday against St. Louis, the Friars made the right call in keeping him.

Cease threw 5.0 innings of one-hit ball with nine strikeouts in a 7-3 Padres win, giving them the weekend series against the Cardinals and a stellar 5-1 homestand at Petco Park. Cease had a little trouble in the 1st inning, working around a hit and a walk and tossing 28 pitches. After that he settled in, striking out seven of the next nine hitters he faced. The only other Cardinals baserunner came when Ivan Herrera took a seriously suspect swing to steal a catcher's interference call in the 3rd inning.

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